TY - Report AU - Lindsay Hughes PY - 2019 T1 - China, the United States and the Taiwan factor PB - Future Directions International DO - https://doi.org/APO-228786 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/228786 AB - This paper argues that the Chinese Communist Party sees the reintegration of Taiwan with the mainland as a sacred duty. As such, any declaration of Taiwanese independence would be a red line to Beijing, irrespective of whether Taiwan had foreign assistance in that endeavour or not. ER -